tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560143148581212281.post6498219209261788509..comments2024-03-28T03:23:34.498-05:00Comments on Save Versus<br> All Wands: Girl With Sword Revisited: Wednesday Evening Comments on an OSR Art Friday PostOakes Spaldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08078500142758654392noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560143148581212281.post-77794764543755245262014-09-18T09:29:31.966-05:002014-09-18T09:29:31.966-05:00This is a very interesting thing to consider. Vie...This is a very interesting thing to consider. View this piece of art and compare and contrast with William-Adolphe Bouguereau's Pieta. This latter work was (perhaps still is) displayed in the Dallas Museum of Art. I would walk to this museum and sit in front of this work and meditate. The look in the mother's eyes I took to mean that I was to internalize and personalize what I was beholding and make many inferences regarding my role as the viewer in respect to the event depicted in this great artwork.Raul De La Garza IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13605983985028555812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560143148581212281.post-26074949373862661552014-09-18T08:56:25.758-05:002014-09-18T08:56:25.758-05:00Does it matter what the artist intended? I mean, i...Does it matter what the artist intended? I mean, it does to a degree, but if the artist's intent is not clearly communicated, then the artist failed and it doesn't matter what he wanted - it matters what we see.<br /><br />What I see is a child in distress. Her pleading eyes look at me, the viewer, with a cry for... help? Mercy? I don't know. I agree that it's a terrible thought - that we might be the monsters here - but that just makes it more interesting. What is the viewer's role? How do I contribute to this scene? Am I the murderer? Or am I a bystander who happened upon a tragic moment?<br /><br />However I might answer these questions, ai'm not looking to the artist for an unspoken intent. All the information I need should be in the painting.Ozymandiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01065642299277380465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6560143148581212281.post-75793500010107079852014-09-18T00:47:22.079-05:002014-09-18T00:47:22.079-05:00"You're like me." -Frank Booth [star..."You're like me." -Frank Booth [staring at audience], Blue VelvetCrunk Posbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14942696000058400028noreply@blogger.com